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Divider
noun
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Noun
- 1 One who or that which divides or separates.
"I was greatly his inferior, but love is a quick divider of shares: he that gathers much has nothing over, and he that gathers little has no lack."
- 2 a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements wordnet
- 3 One who or that which divides or separates.; A physical object for dividing up a space.
"It is perfectly possible to separate one area of a room from another, or even to create an entirely new room, with a lightweight room divider that assembles with a minimum of fuss."
- 4 a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another) wordnet
- 5 One who or that which divides or separates.; A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
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- 6 a person who separates something into parts or groups wordnet
- 7 One who or that which divides or separates.; An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
- 8 a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics wordnet
- 9 A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- 10 The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From divide + -er.
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